Publicly sharing PDF's with form fields, tags and bookmars.

I'm looking to be able to share a PDF document so that my coworkers are able to acces this document. I'm very aware of various ways to share the PDF, via email or Google Docs, but I need some sort of hosting that will support form fields, tags and bookmarks. It would be very beneficial if everyone would be able to access the PDF after 'sharing' and viewing on a URL. But, I really need them to be able to search and navigate easily through the bookmarks and buttons. We need this shared via internet because sharing the PDF document itself to each individual employe's computer, runs the risk of slowing computers down. Is there anything I can use, some sort of hosting site or program similar to Google Docs that will support these features?

Note The Adobe PDFviewer requires that users to use Safari or Webkit based Browsers only.
All gecko based browsers will not work. Adobe made conscious decision when OSX came out Not support gecko based browsers.
So if you have any of the following Gecko based Browsers you have to use another plugin.
SeaMonkey (equivelent to the Communicator All-in-one)
FireFox
Camino
OmniWeb
Opera and others.
You have to use a Plugin from a fellow named Schubert of Germany, called PDFBrowser Plugin
It supports all Browsers except Internet Explorer. Makes no difference whether gecko or webkit based. The plugin author is banned by Adobe from putting in forms support.
And using Apple's Preview will absolute corrupt a PDF Form making it unusable if opened in Reader or Acrobat after being viewed and saved in Preview.

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Generally, the only thing that I remove after creating a pdf file with forms that doesn't effect the fields is to remove embedded fonts. It would be best to to all of the other optimizations before creating the form fields.
That's nice you say, but I've got the form fields already. Try reducing the size (as you have already done), then replace the page in the file with the form fields with the one whose size you have reduced. The form fields should stay. I don't know what happens to the size of the new file, let us know?

Combining various PDF files with forms fields: How To?

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I have a problem with my Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and some PDFs.
Each file has a lot of form fields and they has the same name. When I try to combine allowed files in acrobat, the "combinator" throw a message adverting me that the fields are the same and will have the same content. The only posibility is to create a "PDF Folder". But I need to distribute a simple PDF file compatible with Acrobat Reader (and the most usual issue is ... Acrobat Reader 6). So...
Is there any possibility to create a single file from a PDF folder?
Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your quickly answer but... if this is the only way... then I have a very very very serious problem.
I have 45 PDF individual files (with two pages each one) and I need to generate a single file with my 45 files (90 pages). Each file has more than 30 fields...
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I recommend you try tech support for the iTextSharp product (I believe
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I'm new to ES2 and Form creation in LiveCycle, my knowledge in scripts is very less or none i can say, if any one out there could help me out with this i'd be greateful.
I have created a fillable PDF Form using LivecCycle ES2 and would like to know how to name the PDF file with a field value from the form when " save form " or " submit " button are clicked.
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You can save the form with name generated from a field's value, but therefore you will have to install a folder level script first and design a custom save button in your form.
You cannot do this with the applications save or save as... buttons, and you also cannot rename a file on submit.
Here's an example form and a folder level script. (Maybe to complicated fdr newbies)
http://thelivecycle.blogspot.com/search/label/Save

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I have a user on Adobe Reader X. whenever they open a .pdf file, the form fields do not auto-fill until you click in the box. Is there a setting that can be changed to make the form open properly?

Sounds like the form fields were filled in on a Mac using Mac Preview. This cannot be fixed in Reader only Acrobat. Ask the person who filled in the form to redo their work in Adobe Reader.

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how to create pdf files with text field data

That looks like it should work, but it doesn't.
I opened the PDF I had created from Word in Acrobat (X Pro). Went to File > Properties. Selected "Change Settings". I then enabled "Restrict editing...", set a password, set "Printing Allowed" to "none", "Changes Allowed" to "none", and ensured that "Enable copying of text..." was disabled.
I saved the PDF file, closed Acrobat, opened the PDF in Reader, and I was still able to select text and graphical objects.
I reopened the PDF in Acrobat, and the document summart still shows everything as allowed. When I click on "show details" (from File > Properties) it shows the correct settings.
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My PDFs with form fields get "There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired." on anothers computer, PC and MAC

Im creating PDFs through InDesign and using Acrobat Pro 9 to add fields. I save them to allow ADobe Reader people to use them. Everything works fine on Pro and Reader on my end with a PC as well as someone elses PC. But one person using Mac said some forms work and some dont. Those that dont get the error "There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired." Ive resaved them and made sure they work and same problem. There is nothing overly coplex about the PDFs either, a date field at the most. They are using Reader 9.1.
I found out the other day that one person who can open them adds info to them saves them and send over to that other person and cannot open any of them after they have been edited, same error. He even tried on a PC and still gets it.
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It sounds like they are using an earlier version of Acrobat or Reader, though you said Reader 9.1. If you add some features in AA9 that are new, it appears that earlier versions see the new features as damaged files. At least that is my guess. Try using Reduce File Size or PDF Optimize to save to an earlier version and see if that helps. The other option is that you are getting them messed up in e-mail because many client look at PDF files as ascii and do not encrypt them. In that case force the encryption. You can also send them in ZIP form.

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2) Change the XML for your Email Submit button (in the XML Source view): You'll find something like,
<event name="event__click" activity="click">
<submit format="xml" textEncoding="UTF-8" target="mailto:name@company"/>
</event>
Change it to:
<event activity="click" name="event__click">
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</event>
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Error signature -- AppName: Acrobat.exe AppVer 8.1.0.137 ModName: unknown ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00acdd35
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We have tested this in the past using AcroProf 8.1.3 and the process worked. All tags were intact. Since then we received the 8.1.4 update and it no longer works.
HELP. We are in the process of building a complete Accessible library of forms and will be working in the updated forms over last years.
KEN PANTHEN, Albany, NY

Can anyont help with this problem?
Seems like there is little to be known about working with a tagged PDF. I searched the internet as well as the Adobe site and nothing to help resolve the issue.
KEN PANTHEN, Albany, NY

Pdf files lack form field contents :(

I'm a house call veterinarian, and all of my patients' medical records are in pdf files. I'd LOVE to be able to reference these records when I am driving around town, without having to lug around the laptop.
I've found some great apps to transfer & view pdf's on the iPhone (FileMagnet & Felaur PDF are outstanding!) The trouble is that none of them can display my patients' data, which is contained in form fields. I don't want to edit anything in these fields, I just want to read it.
Why is this feature missing? It would be so cool!

Ok; so I will start adding usage rights to my forms and using the
script, which hopefully will help. I'll also add in the completion
instructions that the user should (preferably) complete and save the
form using Adobe Reader (;)opposite of what I've been saying) or Adobe
Acrobat Professional. And, if they open the form through the "Preview"
application there may be problems with their and our ability to view
and/or print the completed form.
On my end, with the script, I still should be able to see and print the
form.
Now, here is the message I received from one user which seems to add
more confusion:
"I have definitely found something weird....When the files are opened
using either "Preview" or "Adobe acrobat Professional" they are both
open and complete as seen on the screen, but when I try to print them,
the forms will only print when I open them with Preview. They are
completely blank (apart from the forms themselves) when opened with
Acrobat (despite me being able to see the completed form, which includes
everything that I typed into the form, on the screen)."
This is a huge problem with interactive forms...I don't understand why
Adobe hasn't fixed it.
Please keep any words of wisdom coming; I can't thank you enough.
Glenda

When printing a document with form fields certain letters don't print

Hi everyone.
I am from Iceland and we use special letters in our language (i.e.: þ,æ,ö,ð). I have made a pdf file that has form fields in it, but when they have been filled out with our special letters, those letters do not print out correctly.
Here is an example with my name filled out in the form field:
When I print, this is the result:
Can anyone help me with this issue?

Just some thoughts: 1. Be sure the fonts are embedded in the file. 2. Print as a graphic (you may have a printer that does not have the fonts and is not getting the proper results from the computer).

Getting Runtime error while including pdf doc with Form guides.

Hi,
I have urgent requirement where I have to capture the data in the PDF doc   what user enters into the form Guides.
I am trying this on ES2.
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please help me in this regard ,,,,,

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Please check concat( ) operation .. make sure that it is correct and pointing as per your work bench.
And
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Thanks
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